Kinyuru Munuhe @kinyurumunuhe

Police foiled a major terror attack targeting the Judiciary and government buildings last month, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet said yesterday. He said the terror plot was planned by al Shabaab militants in Somalia with local facilitators in Nairobi, Isiolo and Rongai.

But Boinnet said the attack was pre-empted after police intercepted a Nairobi-bound vehicle loaded with explosives at Merti, Isiolo. One suspect was killed and two others arrested in the operation.

He said they believe the terrorists wanted to rescue detained terror suspects during a court sessions in a bid to embarrass the government. “Security agencies have been able to pre-empt many terrorist attacks in the last three years.

A month ago, Isiolo security committee thwarted a terror plot in Merti that targeted Judiciary and government buildings in Nairobi,” said the police boss. Speaking at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters in Nairobi, Boinnet said two more suspects, profiled as facilitators, linked to the terror plot have been arrested.

He was accompanied by DCI boss George Kinoti. Explosives recovered from the vehicle in Isiolo had the capacity to bring down buildings within a 250 metre radius. “Terrorism is a major threat to global security. For the last three years, joint efforts between the police and other security agencies have disrupted numerous potentially devastating terror plots targeting Kenya,” said Boinnet.

The police boss was also categorical that the two Iranians nationals initially sentenced to life imprisonment for terror-related charges but later appealed and jailed for 15 years were still in police custody. “Who said they are not in the country? They are in custody,” he told journalists.

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Timothy Simwa @timsimwa

Former national hockey boys champions St Anthony Boys Kitale started their regional campaign on a high after thrashing Nakuru county’s Utumishi 4-0 in their first match of Pool B as the Kenya Secondary School Sports Association Rift Valley Region kicked off at St Joseph’s Boys’ Kitale yesterday.

Under the tutelage of coach Kevin Kegan the saints proved a bigger force for the rookies to handle as they dominated the show throughout with Brian Ongeche grabbing a brace for the winners in both halves while Nicholas Muchiti and Oscar Kibet scored one each. In Group D, debutants Eldoret Township announced their arrival in style after overpowering Baringo County-based Kabimoi 2-0 with brilliant goals from William Kidare and Muchai Gitau.

In girls’ hockey, EMC Singore from Uasin Gishu stunned Kajiado’s Elerai 2-0 in their first match to secure their chances of qualifying to the next round in Pool B. Ursula Cherotich and Celestine Kurgat goals ensured Singore goes into the second match confident while Elerai faces a must-win encounter to revive their chances of qualifying to quarters.

Nandi County Tach Asis narrowly secured their first win after edging out Baringo’s Kituro 1-0 in a hotly-contested match in pool A thanks to Lydia Moraa’s solitary goal. In handball boys, Elgeyo Marakwet County Kitanyi smashed their West Pokot county neigbours Chewoyet 19-9 in a rather one sided showdown played at the St Anthony Boys Grounds.

Kisanana from Baringo cushioned Londiani from Kericho county 19-17 in another show down in Pool B. In other results St Francis from Nandi whitewashed Kibingei from Baringo 26-9 in girls’ handball.

Meanwhile St Michael Kipsombe from Uasin Gishu County has booked a berth at the rugby 15s quarter-finals despite registering mixed fortunes at the preliminaries in Group B yesterday. Menengai have also advanced as group leaders as they try to make their mark in the 15s category after defying odds last year t emerge national rugby sevens champions.

Kipsombe who are making their maiden appearance at the regionals outwitted Nanyuki 19-0 in their first match before stumbling in their ultimate test against Nakuru’s Menengai in which they lost 20-10.

The regional games enlisting schools from the 14 counties across the larger Rift Valley region will run until Saturday when the curtains are expected to come down with finals where the winners will advance to the national championships later in April to represent the region in hockey, rugby15s, handball and athletics.

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Rodgers Ndegwa @Ndegwarodgers

Mediamax are confident of bagging the annual Road to Anfield Soccer tournament scheduled for Saturday at St Mary’s grounds. The well prepared team under the tutelage of People Daily Sport Editor James Waindi and captained by K24 Sports anchor Tony Kwalanda have been pooled alongside USIU, Safaricom, Deloitte and Touche, MFI and NAS Airport in Group F.

Despite suffering a 7-2 loss in the hands of Tusker Wazee during their friendly match last month, assistant captain James Magayi is oozing confidence of a win in this year’s edition.

“I think that our pool is a little bit tricky but we have a well-calculated plan which if followed to latter will see us emerge victorious in the five-aside competition,” quipped Magayi after the draws were conducted yesterday at Standard Chartered Headquarters in Nairobi.

This year’s tournament will see 48 teams go head-to-head to represent Kenya in the international round scheduled for May 17 at Liverpool’s FC homeground Anfield. All teams taking part have been grouped in eight pools comprising six teams each and the two top teams in each group will proceed to the Round of 16.

Meanwhile, two-time winners of the highly coveted tournament Capital FM are in Pool E which includes AC Nelson, Catholic Relief, Oracle, Davis & Shirtliff and Wananchi Group. Group A, incorporates Nation Media Group, Impact Stars, Jh Pyego, PS Kenya, Diageo and General Electric. Standard Media Group, Getrude Hospital, MET Cannon, BAT Kenya, Simba Corporation and LDC will be battling it out in Group B.

Two- time semi-finalist Radio Africa will be up against Vivo Energy, Multi-choice, Jameson, Leshego and Resolution Insurance in Group D. Group G has AIG Kenya, Bamburi Cement, Kenya Nuts, Scanard, Oilibya and Copy Cat.

Ballore, Total Kenya, Galena Oil, Schneider, Nairobi Bottles (Coke) and ICPAK have pooled in Group H. Royal Media Services, Syngenta, EABL, Biersdoff (NIVEA), Zamara, Price Waterhouse are in Group C

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Manchester, Wednesday @Peoplesports11

By the time the last Manchester United player left the pitch, the stadium was already close to being empty. Only one pocket of noise and jubilation remained, Sevilla’s support, bouncing and boisterous, singing in Spanish to the same melody that accompanies ‘Will Grigg’s on fire’. Wissam Ben Yedder’s on fire doesn’t scan, but he was and as a result Manchester United are out of Europe.

An excellent performance by the away team, full of the ambition United failed to show over two matches, was only half the tale, though. It is well known that a 0-0 first leg is a dangerous score, but it is not as dangerous as United made it look on Tuesday night with a performance lacking in all the qualities that once made them such a force in this competition, a club that won it, twice, under Sir Alex Ferguson and often went deep. United haven’t travelled beyond this stage since 2014 and didn’t really look like doing it on Tuesday night, either.

If Sevilla could have found their range earlier, this tie would not have taken so long to conclude. As it was, the addition of Ben Yedder, a striker rejected by West Ham for being too small, apparently, changed the game.

He has been Sevilla’s top scorer in Europe this season, but has not started either game against United. Once introduced in the 72nd minute, however, he gave Sevilla a momentum and impetus United did not demonstrate in three hours of knockout football.

Sevilla got what they deserved; United, too. The numbers show the perils of 0-0 for the team at home in the second leg; in 70 per cent of Champions League matches the club in Manchester United’s position has gone out.

Jose Mourinho picked a midfield in Marouane Fellaini and Nemanja Matic that lacked creation and those farther forward, Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard, could not get into the game. It was crying out for Juan Mata but by the time he was introduced the tie was as good as over. He made a goal for Romelu Lukaku but by then there were seven minutes remaining and United needed two more. -DAILYMAIL

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Martin Mwita @PeopleDailyKe

Kenya’s economy has received a major boost after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to extend the expiring $1.5 billion (Sh151.8 billion) standby credit facility, providing the much needed cushion on the shilling against foreign currencies.

This follows a request by the government, through the National Treasury, for an extension of the facility to enable completion of the required reviews under the lender-supported programme.

IMF announced on Tuesday it had approved a six-month extension of the facility which include a $989.8 million (Sh100.3 billion) and $494.9 million (Sh50.1 billion) 24-month Standby Credit Facility (SCF) for Kenya, which was due to expire at the end of this month.

The two were approved in March 2016 for a combined Special Drawing Right (SDR) for Kenya. SDR is an international reserve asset, created by IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries’ official reserves. As of September last year, 204.2 billion SDRs (about $291 billion) had been created and allocated to members.

“On March 12, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved Kenyan authorities’ request for a six-month extension of the country’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to allow additional time to complete the outstanding reviews,” IMF said in a statement.

The Fund had withdrawn Kenya’s access to the facility in June, after the government failed to meet budget-deficit targets, with rising expenditure pegged on the drought that hit the country last year and the prolonged general elections. IMF has demanded a number of reforms including a reduced budget deficit and repeal of the rate cap law which came into place in September 2016.

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has since promised to implement reforms demanded by the Bretton Woods institution, saying his office will “reduce by half the government’s budget deficit by June 2021”, and review the 17-month-old cap.

“The reviews are expected to be completed by September 2018. Completion of the reviews will enable the Kenyan authorities to have access to funds available under the precautionary SBA,” IMF said. The latest development is a major relief for the shilling which had been left exposed to vulnerability from foreign exchange markets, mainly the US dollar which has a direct impact on the country’s import bill.

Though Kenya was yet to draw down on the two-year IMF facility, its availability is enough to calm possible market turbulence. Possible external shocks that can hit the country hard include sudden rise in global oil prices and strengthening of the greenback.

Reports of the facility’s withdrawal came out last month when the shilling was trading at an average 101.33 against the dollar, slightly weakening the shilling to 101.66 in late February to March 1. The local currency was depending on the foreign reserves for buffers which stood at $7.15 billion (Sh724.3 billion) as of March 1, latest Central Bank of Kenya data shows.

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Mbunge ya kibururi ni irarugamirie mihang’o yayo muthenya wa ira, niguo kwaririria wuiguano wa President Uhuru Kenyatta na mutongoria wa mung’ethaniro Raila Odinga. Mutongoria wa aria anini mbunge-ini John Mbadi niwe uratengemanirie ndereti iyo na kunyitwo mbaru ni mutongoria wa aria aingi mbunge-ini Aden Duale. Ambunge acio nimaranyitire mbaru wuiguano ucio wa kurehe bururi hamwe na gukirira aria mararegana naguo.

Duale niaraugire wuiguano wa atongoria acio eri nduguthingithia kiroto kia munini wa mutongoria wa bururi William Ruto gutuika President mwaka-ini wa 2022.

Ona kuri ouguo ambunge a ciama iria ingi ciumbite NASA nimaugite matiraregana na wuiguano ucio, indi kiria marenda ni gukuruhanio miario-ini iyo.

Ndereti ota iyo ni iratengemanirie Mbunge-ini ya senate kuria maseneta a miena yothe maminyitire mbaru.

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Seneta mwamure na kiama kia Jubilee Isaac Mwaura nioritie muikariri giti wa kamiti ya urumwe wa kibururi NCIC Francis Kaparo atige wira, akiuga araruta wira na kimenyano. Akiariria andiki a mohoro Mwaura niaugite Kaparo akoretwo akirituhira muno ekuirwo a ruriri rumwe ta aini eri aria makuruhanitio na rwimbo rwa kunyarara andu a ikamba-ini, no akaunira ritho ngavana wa Kitui Charity Ngilu uria niwe watuthurire githagathago kiu.

Gukiri uguo Mwaura uria utariirie uria Kaparo akoretwo akihuthira wabici yake uuru, augite Ngilu aga guthitangwo gutigukorwo na wiki ungi tiga kuhamurithia kamiti yothe ya NCIC.

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Thirikari niyuritie aritani ba university cia muingi kweberia  igamba riria bathitangire kamiti ya gutegera micara ya muingi SRC kenda kuejana kaanya miario iguru ria ngwataniro iria bakwariria ithithika.

Akiaria mbere ya kamiti ya bunge yegie kithomo minister wa kithomo Mbarothi Amina Mohammed augite iario gatagati ka thirikari na aritani bau ikwamite kuumania na igamba riu iria ikurigiria gutegerwa kwa uriti ngugi bwa aritani bau.

Amina nake auga kinya kethira thirikari nicitaniritie kuthiria mugomo jwao jria jutonyete kiumia kiaju kia bithatu aritani bau bethiritwe bagikira mikana iria itumite ntaira ya mpwi irega kwonekana.

Kagitene o kau augite aritani bau nibarikitie kiriya mishara yao yonthe amwe na kuritithua ngugi kwa ngwataniro ya uriti ngugi ya 2013-2017 giutati na uria kurerikana au kabere ni atongeria ba kiama kia UASU .

Nandi baboritie kuregeria murungamo jwao kenda ntaira ya mpwi yonekana.

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Eibalie olkomishonao le kauunti e Kajiado aa David Kipkemei nchere kepuoi aikien isukuuluni pooki te kaunti e Kajiado esujuu enchan sapuk naloito dukuya.

Eibalie si Kipkemei nchere keishiaa nepuo intoiwuo aibooyo inkera enye toonkangitie oo metabaiki nelo enchan adayio ,epuku ena eibalieki etanapa enkare enkerai nabo te murua e Kiserian esuju enchan sapuk.

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Mbunge niyamukirite maritwa ma anene aria maraamurirwo iturwa-ini ngurani ni mutongoria wa bururi Uhuru Kenyatta.

 Spika Justin Muturi nianeyanire maritwa macio kuri kamiti itiganite cia mbunge niguo anene acio mathurimwo kamuiria riboti itengemanitio mbunge-ini muthia-ini wa mweri uyu.

Hamwe na aria maritwa mao maneyanirwo kuri kamiti icio ni Noordin Mohamed Haji uria wamuritwo ta mutongoria wa thitango cia muingi, na andiki akaru oro hamwe na mabarothi.

Ihinda-ini oro riu mbunge ni ihitukirie wuiguwano wa urumwe gatagati ka mutongoria wa bururi Uhuru Kenyatta na mutongopria wa mung’eathaniro Raila Odinga, uria mbunge iraririirie muthenya wa ira.

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Ndereba ba ngari cia miraa nibaei mukana jwa kuuna mawatho ja barabara amu bakajukirua matagaria ja kiwatho.

Mukana juu juejani ni Regional Commissioner wa central Wilson Njenga uria ugite nibakuthithia operation ya gucwaana na mandereba baria betithagia ngari na speed nkuruki ya kithimi untu buria. augite nigutuma kumira kwa mitino ya barabara.

Oo augite guti muntu wi iguru ria watho na no mwanka athingatithie watho.

Akiariria ciegie operation ya kurua na nchoobi cia ibango Njenga augite operation iu noitite nambere noria ndwangi cionthe cia ukara kugwatanira nabo mworotone jwa gutigira igukinyanira.

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Ndagitari uria urari murugamiriri wa urigitani thibitari-ini nene ya Kenyatta Bernard Githae niareganite na nyumba ya John Nderitu uria wari athinjwo mutwe ati gutiri ndagitari wamuroraga.

Githae augite Nderitu aroragwo ni arigitani anene amu kungigakinya nonginyagia athii theater mbica yake niyaroretwo ni andu aingi.

Oho Githae augite thina munene uria ugumiire thibitari iyo ya Kenyatta ni mwanya munene gatagati-ini ka arigitani a gikiro kia nurses na arwaru, no indi ti wagi wa ndawa.

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Nthiguru ya kenya nithondekete mitaratara ya gukinyaniria ndua ya kurua na nkunkumo na mathukia jangi gwikinyira mwaka jwa 2030.

Buu ni nyuma ya kurugurua kwa mutaratara jwa watho juria jugatetheria kwona ukuuji bwa gutetheria gutigira athukia bakujukirua matagaria ja kiwatho.Akiaria igita ria uruguria buu munene wa watho Prof Githu Muigai augite nikwithiritwe kwina inya kenya kwamukira ntento igita ririo kuuma nthiguru ciao me untu buria augite ni mpinga na mono kiri magamba ja nkunkumo.

Muigai nocokete akathiria ngwataniro gatagati ka thirikari na nthiguru via ome iria ni amwe na ngeretha na Switzerland iria itetheria anene kiri igamba ria Angloleasing amwe na igamba ria mutumiria Gilbert Deya uria ugwatithagua na wamba bwa aana.

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Minister wa githomo Amina Mohamed niekinyirie mbere ya kamiti ya mbunge iigie githomo, kuhungwo mahuri iguru riigie mugomo wa arutani a University uria uthararitie mathomo riri ari kiumia gia keri.

Amina nierire kamiti iyo thirikari ndiregete guikara thi na ciama cia arutani acio na ati niehotorete gwetha kihonia gia gutuura kia migomo ya arutani acio.

Oho Amina niaugire ministry yake ni igutuiria kiria gicungiriirie arugamiriri a ma university kwaga gutuma marihi ma ukuru-ini kana pension iria ni mairiia ma ciringi birioni ithatu.

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Kiama kia Nark Kenya kiugite nikiranyita mbaru wuiguwano gatagati ka mutongoria wa bururi Uhuru Kenyatta na mutongoria wa NASA Raila Odinga.

Muikariri giti wa kiama kiu Martha Karua augite ikinya riri nirikunyitithania akenya na rihonie ironda iria ikoretwo kuo.

Oho niamenereirie aria makoretwo magiukirira itua riu akiuga nomakorirwo matoi mathina maria bururi uyu ukoretwo ukihetukira.

Ihinda-ini oro riu niaugite wuigwithanio ucio ona ukirehaga akenya hamwe niubatie kumurika njira cia kuhurana na ungumania itemi-ini ria kugacirithia uthii wanambere bururi-ini.

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Ona thengia ya munini wa mutongoria wa bururi William Ruto kuuria ateti a kaunti ya Nyandarua na Laikipia metheme guikaniria miario iguru ria tauni ya Nyahururu, riu ngucanio iyo ndiguthiraga yatira.

Ngavana wa kaunti ya Nyandarua Francis Kimemia, augite mangitikirio kunganagia igoti tauni-ini iyo, ngucanio iyo no ikinye muthia.

Kimemia augite nimekuunanira njungw’a na atongoria a kuanti icio cieri niguo gutigirira kaunti ya Nyandarua niyona kihoto akiuga muingi wa kaunti ino niguo ukuritie tauni iyo ya Nyahururu.

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Mbunge ya kibururi ni iigwithaniirie ati kigina kiria gikugairwo thirikari cia matura gitigukorwo gikinyihanyihio.

Mutongoria wa aria anini mbungeini John Mbadi augite thirikari nene niyo yagiriirwo kwibanga uria igwetha mbeca no ndikanyihie kigina kiria kiratumwo kaunti-ini.

Ona kuhana oro uguo Mbadi augite nomuhaka mbunge cia kaunti irute maguru ngunia niguo mahotage guthurima uria kigina kirahuthirwo ni thirikari cia matura.

 Uuge wake niunyititwo mbaru ni mumbunge wa Dagoreti South John Kiarie akiuga ningi mbunge niyagiriirwo kumurika mawira mamwe maria mathukiirwo thirikari cia matura, kuria nake mumbunge wa Kiminini Dr Chris Wamalwa augite nomuhaka mitaratara ya uthii wa nambere ya thirikari cia matura itwarane na ya thirikari nene.

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A family in Meru is pointing an accusing finger at the Meru Level Five hospital for partial blindness of their toddler after a caesarean section one-and-half years ago. Baby Favour Gatwiri was born at the health institution on November 27, 2016 but developed complications shortly after.

Accusing the hospital of negligence, the mother Sabera Kagwiria says she pointed out a reddish colouration on the baby’s left cheek and eye immediately they left the theatre but was told it was nothing to worry about.

“The infant cried non-stop because the spot was growing itchy with time so we sought the doctor’s advise but he assured me the baby was fine,” she says. However, the eye started oozing pus the following day and the doctor advised the mother of five to see an eye specialist after she is discharged.

But then, she too, developed complications when her stomach started swelling with painful contractions. She ignored her plight and focused on the baby’s situation as she tried in vain to see the eye specialist at the casualty of the same hospital when she was discharged.

Two days later, the baby’s left cheek started developing abscess wounds even as her own stomach continued to swell and pain terribly. Four days later, she fell unconscious and was rushed to a nearby Mission Hospital where she was admitted for two weeks and had to undergo another surgery to clear pus from her stomach.

“The doctor there told me it was a result of improper stitching during the caesarean operation,” she says. The family, which languishes in poverty, claims they have been moving from hospital to hospital seeking help for their ailing daughter but in vain and spending more than Sh200,000 donated by friends and well wishers in the process.

They claim the baby was treated for a skin disease for the many clinics the attended at Meru Level-Five Hospital with the toddler finally going blind at nine months. However, hospital CEO James Kirimi disputed the claims saying the file of the patient shows the mother suffered fetal distress while the baby was born with hamangioma.

These are non-cancerous tumours common in newborns and usually subside without treatment. The baby has now been referred to Kikuyu Mission Hospital in Kiambu to undergo a major facial left eye rectification on the 23rd of this month.

The family is pleading with well wishers for assistance to raise the Sh120,000 needed adding that the doctors at the facility say the infection is spreading towards the brain which my result to brain damage if not rectified urgently.

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Barcelona, Thursday @PeopleSports11

This stuff doesn’t happen by accident, you know. The first time Lionel Messi stuck the ball through Thibaut Courtois’s legs from a seemingly impossible angle it was possible to fool yourself that, well, he might have got a little fortunate there. The second time, there could be no doubt.

Messi shoots from places that no other footballer would, he is capable of targeting areas of the goal, or of a person, with a precision that is quite breathtaking. It is remarkable that Barcelona ever lose a game with a player of his talent on tap, remarkable that he doesn’t just score several this way each time he plays, considering he seems able to pass through the thigh gap at will.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, his Champions League ambitions laid to waste, walked off having given Messi an affectionate cuddle. That might not have gone down well with those who demand pure tribalism but, as a football man, we understand. Sometimes you just have to say well done.

Alan Shearer thinks we are witnesses to the greatest footballer there has ever been, on nights like this he makes a very appealing case. Chelsea weren’t bad here, whatever the scoreline might suggest.

They were better than Manchester United against Sevilla on Tuesday and certainly not embarrassed. They just made mistakes. And every time they did, Barcelona scored. Every time, without fail, across two legs.

Andreas Christensen, Courtois, Cesc Fabregas, Cesar Azpilicueta, every Barcelona goal had a different abetter from Chelsea’s ranks. The experienced ones, on Wednesday night, too. Veterans of World Cup finals and huge European games.

They each committed the cardinal sin. If you can’t give a sucker an even break, you certainly can’t give three to a team like Barcelona. They are brutal in making it count, clinical in the finish in a way Chelsea were not.

And in Messi they have a player who scores goals from angles the Greek giants of trigonometry didn’t know had been contemplated. There is no sliver of the penalty area from which the goal can be made safe.

That is the only mitigation in Courtois’s defence. What was said before this tie? That Chelsea are Messi’s bogey team and he doesn’t score against them. Seems to have put that one to bed, don’t you think? Barcelona scored four over the two legs, Messi got three and made the other. -DAILYMAIL

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Noah Cheploen @cheploennoah

Retired President Daniel arap Moi was yesterday discharged from Ichalov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel where he has been receiving treatment for the last four days. A statement by his communications handler Lee Njiru said the former Head of State underwent a series fruitful of medical check-ups at the hospital.

“The former president who is in a jovial mood and in good spirits will spend the day visiting some Holy sites in Isreal and the city of Jerusalem,” the statement said. Moi, 93, was flown to Israel on Sunday for specialised treatment for what his aides described as troubling knee. He is accompanied by son Gideon, who is also the Senator for Baringo and his personal doctor Dr David Silverstein among others.

The ageing former Head of State has taken a low profile in the last few years and was last seen in public on October 26 after he cast his vote in the repeat presidential election.

On Wednesday, Njiru said Moi was in high spirits and would be back home soon. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to issue a report discounting reports on social media over the well-being of the former president.

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